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Issue Details

Issue #51
Published March 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor); Dorothy Roubicek (assistant)

Cover Details

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [signed as Shelly]
Inks Sheldon Moldoff [signed as Shelly]

13 page Flash story "The Saga of Sven Scarface"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Synopsis An ancient Viking comes into possession of the Mjolnar, the magic hammer of Thor, and while hunting for food, is trapped for centuries in a glacier. When he awakes, the Flash has his hands full trying to civilize him.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-28-07.

7 page Johnny Thunder story "This is a House"

Characters Johnny Thunder
Genre superhero; humor
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier

8 page Ghost Patrol story "The Volcano People"

Characters The Ghost Patrol
Genre war
Pencils Frank Harry
Inks Frank Harry

6 page Minute Movies story "Swoon Song"

Genre adventure; humor
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Letters Ed Wheelan

6 page The Whip story "The Man Who Talked Too Much"

Characters The Whip [Rodney Gaynor]
Genre western
Pencils Homer Fleming
Inks Homer Fleming
Notes different from previous story with same title

9 page Hawkman story "Crime on the Wing"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Sanders]
Synopsis When a young girl is attacked and robbed of her valuable diamonds, Hawkman & Hawkgirl enter the fray to combat Jackdaws used in the commission of the crimes.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-28-07.

Justice Society of America public service announcement "The Justice Society for the March of Dimes"

Characters The Justice Society of America
Genre superhero
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 10-28-07. Most likely out of proper sequence.